Offices at Bethesda, McLean, Vancouver, New York 301-986-2200 301-986-2200

Business Taxation and Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions:

We provide tax advice and legal representation to a wide variety of individual and business clients. Our attorneys plan and structure business buy-sell agreements, provide advice on negotiating and drafting shareholder, partnership, and LLP partnership agreements, represent clients in mergers and acquisitions, employment contracts, deferred compensation arrangements, business formations, reorganizations, and syndications.  The firm advises clients on different methods for owning and disposing of real estate interests, including assisting clients in structuring simultaneous or deferred like-kind (non-recognition) exchanges of real estate, classifying owners as dealers or investors, and providing advice to non-U.S. citizens selling U.S. real property interests.

Purchases and Sales of Businesses:

The firm represents individuals, corporations, partnerships, and other entities purchasing and selling  businesses and business interests with particular attention to the preservation and use of tax attributes.  We provide assistance, support, and advice in negotiating business mergers, acquisitions, taxable and non-taxable dispositions of corporate assets and divisive and non-divisive reorganizations.